Re: Doomed to the dark ages
How much are you selling that bridge for then ? :)
Yes that bridge of 8 lanes built in the 30s when there were hardly any cars. Nice analogy. That was visionary.
They have already laid the fibre in my street. It was supposed to be connected to the premises within the next year so there was a good chance it would of been done. The guys laying the cable were certainly confident.
I am hoping Turnbull leaked the report himself so the libs can decide to deliver fibre to the premise themselves. After all there stupid policy is really based on them not wanting to credit Labor with any vision. Economically I would be surprised if their solution is not in the same ballpark as FTTP, Projects never run on time or within budget and the fibre to the node is going to have plenty of "unseen" problems which will mean cost blow outs.
Then the eventual upgrade to 100Mbs will be way over what it would cost to build it properly.
The article also says that businesses can buy higher connections now. Although that is true many do not because of the expense. The whole idea of getting everyone connected at the higher speeds was to encourage a digital economy.